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CHARLES II. FOSTER, OF SAN FRANCISCO,` CALIFORNIA.

Letters Patent N 96,414, dated November 2, 1869.

nvIPnovnn BUT-HINGE.

The Schedule referre to in these Letters Patent and nakng part of th same.`

`but, ofn hrnss bushing in the vsocket of the hinge und :L brass pintle to prevent the socket from rusting und adhering to the pintle of the hinge.

A is the. stationary side of :In iron but or hinge, upon which doors :ire hung.

-In the pince. of the iron pinties commonly used, I use It pintie, G, manie of brass or other non-Corrosive mend, :Ind secured by amy menus in the proper posilhe socket D, in the swinging side Ot the iron hinge, und inside ot' whirh the pintie C works, is hushed with :L similar metall, ns shown, thus forming u. non-corrosive bearing upon which the door will hang;

Iuts are mode entirely of bmss for marine purposes, but their cost is much greater than iron^ones.

By constructing buts in the manner above de-Y scribed, l secure :di tlieadvnntziges of the bmss but, i

while l reduce the costnhnost to that ot' an ordinary iron but.

'lhe lenves or iron portion Of the but being,r painted, preserves them i'roni the action ot' the water, which destroys the pintle.

. Hoving;r thus described my invention, Y

What I clniin, and desire to secure by Letters Ptitent, is l The :mpliention,gin :In ordinary iron but', of the brass bushingin vthe socket ,1), :nld brass pintle C, off the hinge, to prevent the soeket from rusting endedhering to the pintie ofthe hinge.

In witness `whereof, l have hereunto set my hand and seni.

CHARLES EL FOSTER. [L. s.]..

J. L. BOONE, Gno. H. STRONG. 

